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THE COCO-NUT 



CHAP. 



the Provincial Board, and then to keep up the interest 

 of the town officials in its enforcement. The Act passed 

 by the Provincial Board of La Laguna and still in force 

 is as follows : 



Whereas it has been represented to the provincial board by 

 duly qualified inspectors of the Bureau of Education and by the 

 owners of coco-nut plantations and the municipal officials of 

 various municipalities that in certain districts of this province, 

 especially in the jurisdiction of Lilio, Nagcarlan, and Magdalena 

 municipalities, the agricultural pest known as bud rot has killed 

 many coco-nut trees, is becoming widespread, and is a serious 

 menace to the coco-nut groves throughout the province : There- 

 fore, be it hereby 



Resolved, That by authority of law the provincial board 

 hereby approves for the entire Province of La Laguna the follow- 

 ing resolution : 



Any owner or lessee or person or persons having the manage- 

 ment of coco-nut plantations, coco-nut groves, or coco-nut trees 

 shall, upon the appearance of the pest or disease known as bud 

 rot, immediately report same to the president of the munici- 

 pality in which such trees are located. 



Further, Such owners, lessees, managers, person or persons 

 who receive information, either by observation or otherwise, that 

 the coco-nut trees are dying because of the pest or disease 

 known as bud rot, or from any cause known or unknown, shall 

 immediately report the matter to the municipal president of the 

 municipality in which such trees are located. 



Each municipal president is hereby designated as an inspector 

 ex officio of the provincial board, for the purposes of this resolu- 

 tion, and shall, upon receipt of information that the disease 

 known as bud rot exists or has appeared, immediately inspect 

 such trees and require the owner, manager, or encargado " of 

 such coco-nut trees to cut down such trees and destroy com- 

 pletely, by burning, the crown or top of every tree so cut down 

 and having the disease known as bud rot. 



Further, Any municipal president, as inspector, who fails to 

 take the action required by this resolution and especially the 

 foregoing paragraph, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 

 P. 200 or thirty days' imprisonment, as may be decreed by the 

 court having jurisdiction. 



Further, That when any owner, manager, or " encargado " of 

 coco-nut trees refuses to cut down and destroy completely the 

 top or crown, by burning, of all trees having the disease known 

 as bud rot, the destruction of which is authorized or directed by 



